py-wxWidget issue? or just python... ?

Hi,
Just ran into this issue while running a py-wxWidget enabl(oat)ed application:
File
"/usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/wx-2.8-gtk2-unicode/wx/lib/wxcairo.py",
line 251, in _findCairoLib
raise RuntimeError, "Unable to find the Cairo shared library"
RuntimeError: Unable to find the Cairo shared library
The file in question at the line in question does essentially this:
for name in ['cairo', 'cairo-2', 'libcairo-2']:
location = ctypes.util.find_library(name)
if location:
break
if not location:
raise RuntimeError, "Unable to find the Cairo shared library"
Of course, my /usr/local/lib/libcairo.so exists... but the python find_library
is apparently not smart enough to look where it should.
Anyone knows a workaround or how to fix this properly? (pkg_delete -r python,
while sensible, is not acceptable ;)
Cheers,
Anthony